Love. It's the never-ending, driving quest-the all-consuming need-the motivating desire-of every man, woman, and child on earth. But just what is love? Is it accurately defined by the sum total of all the song lyrics, love poems, and love stories ever written? All the movies ever filmed? All the dramas ever acted?Toward a deeper, more satisfying answer to the question What is love? the book you hold in your hands contains a distilled, carefully chosen sampling of poems, quotations, articles and essays, stories, and personal reflections focused on love. Some of the material in these pages is original to the author. Some represents the best thoughts of other writers. Found here are the words of those divinely inspired and those who have simply shared their own ideas. But in a search for the true definition of love, where this book best succeeds is in its undeviating focus on the Source of all real love-the One whose name is synonymous with love. Real love cannot exist outside of a relationship. And whether yours is horizontal, involving other people around you-or vertical, between you and your God-or both, this book will open new vistas of understanding and delight as you take in its pages.